Couch armchair



July 1 1924. 1,499,831-

P. E. KURNICK COUCH ARMCHAIR Filed July 9, 1923 www @www 4/ Patented July l, 1224 PETER E. KUB/NICK, 0F SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

COUCH ARMCHAIR.

Application filed July 9,

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that PETER FJ. KURNICK, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco and State of California, has

invented new and useful Improvements in Couch Armchairs, of which the following is a specification.

The purpose of the invention is" to provide a relatively simple and comparatively inexpensive chair which may be readily converted by the occupant to adapt it for supporting the latter in a reclining position or to perform the functions of a couch. vWith this object in view the invention consists in a certain construction and combination of parts of which a preferred embodiment is shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein i` Figure 1 is a side view of a chair embodying the invention, the couch position being indicated in dotted lines.

' Figure 2 is a plan view.

Figure 3 is a front view.

Figure l is a detail sectional view on the line i-4; of Figure 1.

The chair seat 10 is preferably provided with the side arms 11 carried by the supporting elements 12. Fitted to slide in the seat is an extension 13 constituting a ieg rest which in the construction illustrated is provided at its side edges with grooves 14 for engaging guides l5 which project inwardly from the depending side bars 16 of the seat. The back 17 is pivoted, as at18, between the rearwardly projecting end portions of the seat to adapt it to occupy the upright position indicated in full lines or the substantially horizontal position indicated in dotted Alines in Figure 1. The back is connected by means of flexible runners 19 consisting of cables or the equivalent thereof with the leg extension 13, said runners extending through guide grooves 2OY in the arm rest and the forward uprights 12 and around suitable friction pulleys 21 so that the rearward move- 1923. serial No. 650,413.

ment of the back causes the forward mo-vement of the leg extension or rest in position. Springs 22 connect the rear edge of said leg rest or extension with the frame of the seat and obviously tend to hold the leg rest in retracted position so that upon release of the pressure upon the back the spring will not only tend to raise the latter but will move the leg rest or extension to retracted position.

In order to secure the movable elements consisting of the back and leg rest extensions in their adjusted positions, a clamping means is employed and in the present instance consists of cams 23 which are fulcrumed in the arm rests to bear upon the runners 19 extending therethrough, said cams being provided with handles 24 which are rearwardly yieldable` and provided with terminal studs 25 for engagement with the sockets 26 in the sides of the arm rests to lock the handles in position when the cams are in locking engagement with the runner. Obviously the runner ma be freed by the occupant of the chair mere y by flexing the handles to disengage the studs 25 from the sockets 28 and permitting p the handles to withdraw the cams from their engagement with the runners. v

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new and useful is A chair comprising a seat, a leg rest slidably connected with the seat for disposition in horizontal extension thereof, a back pivotally connected with the seat, arm rests mounted on the seat, idler rolls housed within the arm rests, flexible runners connecting the leg rest and the back and housed within are arm rests and traversing the idler rolls, angularly'movableV cams housed within the arm rests for clamping engagement with the runners, and exteriorly exposed operating means for the cams. 1

In testimony whereof he aiixes hislsignature.

PETER E. KURNICK. 

